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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The STATE Librarian, in his annual
report, estimates that there are
10000 volumes in the State Library.
Winston Sentinel j: 1t is said that
the Salvation Army has arrived at
Raleigh. They have probably come
to tackle the members Of the Legls-
lat1re.
Frank James, a hagman, was acct
den,ally killed Thursday morning,
January 9th, near Cash creek tres
| tie, a few miles east OF Ashev'lle on
the Western North Carolina Rail.
road. He was standing in a deep
cut, when a landslide occurred,
buryiDg him completely. He was
quickly dug out, but expired IN q
few minutes. He was sixteen years
Old and a son OF the foreman of the
shops at Salisbury.
Wilmington Star: 1t is now
claimed by some that Wilmington
has $1,000 inhabitants. An accu-
rate census was probably never
taken. There is a great increase IL
the negro population since 1880. a
real estate agent rented a two-roon
house to a negro omar from Pen
der. Not long ago he called to ge'
the rent and found 10 less thar
seven women-all from Fender
living in that one house.
Tarboro Southerner: Taking th'
, crops in the country generally the.
!, were considerably short OF an aver
age one, yet there were not a fey
e exceptionally good ones made. MI
e VIM. f. Thorn, who superintende
a for Capt. w. S. Long, made wi,
!, six plows on one hlnarcd an
twenty acres, no less than II hur
e dreI and three bales Of cottol
With these same plows be made ais
e three hundred and sixty barrels
- corn and six hundred bushels
sweet potatoes.
J. Asheville Citizen Jake Hall
y burton, Of Morganton, the delicate
Republican candidate tyr the assi>
Of ant Doorkeepor of tho House
Representatives, latter the ulann
of election had been agreed on b
tween the mugwumps and Repnb
w cans,) publishes in the Inorganic
ty Star of last week an open letter
in Richmond Pearson, in which he US
u such language az "traltor" and 81
80 grate,' and wraps him in his poll
r. cal shroud aud says he has been
ready buried i'll a political ora
es dug 10y both parties.
Raleigh Visitor The imprcssi
having gone forth that Gov. Sea-
in had information in regard to t
n. whereabouts of Walter L. Bingha
nc the murderer of Miss Lizzie
burlington, which he would not
q. sulge, a reporter Of the Visil
called on the Governor this MOI
:. ing and asked him if such was t
.x case. He empha'icaily denied b;
ar 'ng any knowledge whatever OF t
Nv whereabouts of Bingham and auth
as lied US to say that such an impr
,,s sion was absolutely false, with
as shadow OF truth ia the runor VIII
de "
90, A bridge is to be lu!lt betwe
\nU orb .if, and IL.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
COUNTY. K MEM
BILL IN THE HOUSE Or
REPRESENTATIVES,

BILL IN THE HOUSE Of
REPRESENTATIVES,.
The bill TO repeal the present sys.
TEN of County Government passed |
its 2nd reading in the House OF
Representatives, at Raleigh, last
week.
Mr.. Oakley, cf Durham, said be
thought tina, a majority of the peo-
ple in the State were in favor of the
total abolition OF the system, and TO
prevent any fraud and corruption,
he offered an amendment that all
County Commissioners will be re.
ouired to give bond in the snm OF
$4,000, tor the faithful discharge OF
their duties aud the proper expendl-
ture Of all moneys
Col. Thomas Holt spoke OF the
desperate state OF affairs in Eastern
Carolina under negro rule, and OF
fered the following amendment
Provided, That when any county
is shown by, the census to have a
majority OF colored votes, it shall be
exempted from the provisions OF
this act.n
Col. Hollis amendment was lost
and Mr.. Oakley's accepted.
The tollowin: is the substitute OF
fered by Mr.. Pri,chard
Section 1. That sections 7l6 and
III, aud sections 81S, $40, and $40,
of the Code be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That at the next biennia
election there shall be elected by
the qualified voters of each county
three County Commissioners, wht
shall hold their Offices tor a term 0
two-years and until their successor,
are elected and qualified.
Sec. 8. That at the neyt biennia
election there shall also be elected
, by The qualified voters in each town
ship III the several counties OF th'
State three Justices OF the Peac
who shall hold their offices for
term OF two years and until thei
successors in office are elected an
qualified.
J Sec. +. That in addition to tn
. Justices OF the Peace above provic
ed for, there shall be elected by tn
qualified voters of each township i
: which any city or incorporated tow
is situated, one Justice OF the Peac
0 and also one tor every thousand ii
j, habitants in each city or town, VIII
shall also hold bis office tor a teri
of two years.
d Sec. 5. That the terms Of Office
County Commissioners and Justice
of the Peace shall begin On the L
Monday Of December next attt
. election.
h Sec. 6. That whenever a ne
a township is established the Coun,
# Commissioners of the county
which said new township is esta
lished shall Immediately order {
Q election to elect Justices of Il
n Peace tor each township SO es,a
O lished.
Sec. 7. That all laws and claus
of laws in any way conflicting VII
the provisions Of tbs act are heref
al repealed.
a SEQ. s. That this act shall be
&c force from aud after its r~a,ificatio
ia Passed-yeas 81, nays 81. II
question was then upon the passa.
of the substitute for tic bill
le, amended upon its second readin
lis Passed-yeas 81, nays 80.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05

"A bill to repeal the Wake
County Stock Law passed its third
reading in the House of Represen-
%,etives at Raleigh, Tuesday, by a
vote OF 81 ayes, 43 noes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05

Senator Vance has come ont in
favor of electing U. S. Senators by
the people. This will be popular.
AS to its wisdom we will not now
Say. The Senator is reported as
saying that ne has become con
vlnced within the last two years
that such a change is as necessary as
it is desirable" Surely the people
cannot make worse seicctlons than
Legislatures in the North have been
making Tor the last quarter of a cen
fury. "Bood,e," and not brains aud
character, has done the work
Wilmington Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05

A bridge is to be lu!lt between
New York city and Long Island
across Last river.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
How a Letter Carrier Walks.

Says st. Lonis letter carrier: IL
have often been asked to explain how
letter carrier walks along apparently
with case at rapid gait over slippery
ground and runs up and down icy front
steps while other folks are barely able
to keep their footing while they creep
along in rubbers or with set of those
steel, p-~.. -..i-~---- f.stv"ud tv-ths;~
shoes. The carriers soon learn to walk
over slippery places without falling be-
cause we have so much of it to do, and
experience has taught us how we
should handle our bodies and legs on
dangerous ground. When passing over
sleety places we don't walk erect, but
bend forward, taking short steps and
never letting one foot get far away
from the other. Then, when we step,
the foot is put down solidIy, all of it at
once, on the ground. with no heel and
toe movement, which leads to slips and
falls. It's not graceful, this way of
walking, but it's safe, and can pass
any ordinary pedestrian on a slippery
day and be in no danger of falling
while he is constantly slipping"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Afghanistan Wind Mills.

A clipping from the Milling World
says that Thomas Stevens, who recently
bicycled around the world, has given
the following description of peculiar
wind mills used on the frontier of AT
ghanistan, in Asia. High noon finds
us at Cur destination for the day, the
village of Tabbaa, famous in all the
country round for peculiar wind mill
used in grinding grain. A grist mill or
mills consists of a row of one-storicd
mud huts, each OF which contains pair
OF grindstoncs.
Connecting with the upper stone is
perpendicular shaft of wood which pro-
tudes through the roof and extends
fifteen feet above it. Cross pieces run
through at right angles, and plated
rushes transform the shaft into an up
right, four-bladed affair that the wind
blows around and turns the mill stones
below. So far this is only very prim-
tive and clumsy method of Harvesting
the wind, but connected with it is a
very ingenious continuance that red GEMS
it entirely from the commonplace.
A system of mud walls is built, about
the same height or little higher than
the shaft, in such a manner as to con-
centrate and control the wind in the in
terest of the miller, regardless of which
way the wind Is blowing. The suction
created by the peculiar disposition OF
the walls whisks the rude waffle sails
around in the most lively manner.
Forty of these mills are in operation at
Tabbas, and to see them all in full swing,
making loud "sweshing' noise as they
revolve, is most extraordinary sight.
Aside from Tabbas, these novel grist
mills are only to be seen in the territory
about the Seistan lake.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
italian Children.

Tho children arc neglected In a way
which strikingly contrasts with the
good management of our nurseries.
Still In infancy they have one blessing
too often denied to English babies.
They are never deprived of their natural
food; the "bottle" is an institution un-
known to italian mothers Tho "balia"
or wct-nurse, continues her services for
eighteen months. Sometimes she is
taken into the house; but more often the
infant Is put out to nurse, and forms
part of the PEASANTS family for the first
four or five years of its life. This saves
great deal of trouble, and the saving
of trouble appears to be the chief thing
considered in the bringingup Of infants.
The "fascia" is found a convenient style
of dress for mother and nurses. The
cruelty to the child OF binding up Its
legs so tightly that it cannot move them
seems never to be considered. When
thus done up, and tied at intervals
with twinc like parcel, the baby is
carried upright under one arm. 1t is no
ones particular business to look after
the children when they are taken from
their foster mother. They are too young
for tho fathers care. The mother often
considers them very much in her way.
They cat what they can get, and the
lady's maid washes them up when she
has got time, which is not. every day.
At tho age of ten or twelve the boys are
sent to "seminario," the girls to a
convent, to DO educated; but in what
their duration consists ia n mvsterv An
Italian lady, whose education had been
completed at most fashionable con-
vent, asked me if it was really necessary
to cross the sea in order to get to Eng
land. My explanation that England was
an island did not enlighten her at all, for
she did not know that "island" meant
land surrounded by water. - LCornhill
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

SENATOR STANFORD pays the porter Of his
private car 5000 month.
THE Marchioness Of Westminster celebrated
her ninetieth birthday recently.
SENATORS EDMUNDs, Hoar, Sherman and
Eustis read French like native Parisians,
GOVERNOR AMEs, of Massachusetts,, car
ries life insurance policies aggregating Sl25,-
co..
LORD TENNysoN receives an income Of
from 10000 to $4,000 a year from the sale
of his books
PETER HALDMAN BURNETT, the first
American Governor of California, is in his
eighty first year. He enjoys life like man
OF forty.
1T is probable that next spring Queen Vic
tofla Will unveil the colossal bronze statue of
General Gordon. which is to be erected at
Aberdeen, in front of the Art Gallery.
KEW. o. II. WALKER, of New London,
Conn.,, has great record as an industrious
preacher. He has been absent from his pull
pit only two Sundays in thirty five years
JAY GOULD has only grown Indifferent as
TO MS wearing apparel within the last few
years. lie once paid big tailor bills, and on
one occasion gave $40 for pair of suspenders
with gold buckles, and he wore them.
FOUR of the Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States-Chief ,5ustice
Waite and Justices Field, Bradley and Miller
are over seventy years old, and are entitled
by law to retire with no loss of salary.
MICHAEL RICHARDS, recently appointed
one of the Railway Commission of the State
of New York by Governor Hill, is a member
OF the Utica Division, No. IA, OF Utica, New
York, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
JOHN Coon, the New York manufacturer,
has Just been created Count by His Holiness
Pope Leo Kill, in recognition of his life
long devotion To tha (rht,rs>l
cent gifts to religion and charitable institu-
tiona
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
THE LABOR WORLD.

In large numbers.
THE BARRIERS have been holding National
Convention in Buffalo.
Mr.. PowDERLY says there are over 500, 600
Knights Of Labor in this country.
NORTHAMPTON England, factories have
begun lockout of 5000 workmen.
A NEBRASKA genius has invented an auto
matte COW mixer which is said to be a suc-
cess.
A SCHOOL for political economy for work.
ingmen has been started at Cooper Union,
New York City.
SOUTH OMAHA is proud to be called "the
Meat City" 1t is becoming a great live
stock and packing centre.
New stock yards covering four hundred
and forty acres and costing $1,000 were
opened at st. Joseph, Missouri.
SINCE September two thousand five hun
dred hands employed in the South Carolina
phosphate industry have been thrown out of
work.
IT is said that there are $500 unemployed
painters in New York city. Nearly 10000
carpenters, laborers, bricklayers, plasterers,
ETC., are said to be out of work at present.
SIX pearl button factories in Newark, N, j..
have been closed and four are running on
three-quarter time. As consequence, over
1000 persons are thrown out of employ
ment.
The National Assembly of the Paper
Hangers and Decorators will meet in New
York on January 18th for the purpose of
electng officers and adopting rules to govern
the trade.
THEFreport of 1886 for the German system
of compulsory insurance of workingmen
shows tlat 100000 were insured, repre-
senting the labor of 5000 manufacturing
establishments and the indemnity was paid
on 10,4l4 accidents.
PREPARATIONS are being made for the
national convention of 'Longshoremen, which
will be held in New York city next March.
The convention convenes for the purpose Of
further strengthening the organization, and
delegates from every seaport and town Dor
derins the great lakes will be present.
THE manufacture of bicycles and tricycles
is the latest development OF German comps-
tition with hitherto specifically English in
dustry. The splendid roals Of the Black
Forest and Switzerland have this year been
more thronged than ever before with veloc-
ipsdists There is hardly town in Ger
many without its velocipeds club
THE heaviest passenger locomotive ever
turned out in Paterson was shipped from
that city the other day. 1t was for the
Union Pacific Railroad. and it weighed
$4,000 pounds. When it is known that the
heaviest freight engine, with eight driving
wheels, weighs only l2J 0J0 pounl Is, and this
passenger engine has only four drivers,
some idea of it, size NAV be inferred
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29

cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi-
gestion, bloating and eructations of gas.
As a soothing and strengthening
nervine," Favorite Prescription is un-
equalled and is invaluable in ellaying and
subduing nervous excitability, irritability,
exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease Of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
II a legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician. and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in its
elects in any condition of the system.
"Favorite Prescription . Is a posi-.
tive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites"
excessive flowing at monthly periods, PAIN
full menstruation. unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb. weak
back, female weakness" anteversion, re-
troversion, bearing-down sensations. chron-
ic congestion, Inflammation and liberation
Of the womb, Inflammation, pain and ten
dcrness in ovaries, accompanied with in
ternal heat"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

HARD coal is worth SIG ton at Los An
relies. Cal.
VENICE. Italy. is SLOWLY but surely sinking
into the sea.
Tur st.to. =, c.,-,;, South coro,;r. aud
T omis;ana nav syes On siS 0ol 0So worth Of
nroperty ~
A vo1va mr,otto cir, who harris f,r;o,s,v
hooNu thuiIsSo snt mn0 o"' .'u;a iouDiy
Gnu Sto, ooi Sa hA' aos % 'io'i'y VI
oval NO I'd -,
"A WOMAN living IN Watkinsvile, Ga.' mas
become the mother OF ave chlldren WITHIN The
last eleven months.
BIRDS nest and sharks fins were served at
recent dinner given by the Chinese Minis
ter in Washington.
In Charleston, s. G., Sl50,00) in Confed-
crate bills were sold the other day at twenty
five cents per thousand
THERE ara nine british missionary societies
now laboring in Africa, with an aggregate
annual expenditure of 81, 0J0,C0J
THE final estimate for tho not,to cron in
Tho limited states ia lsa 01I 001 bushels
AGAINST ia. 900 OJO bushels last wear
near .Jncksonyille. m. the other day. II ia
the only one of the kind ever seem In the
State.
S,,nrn a.. I,a;. ~ ,.. 49,.
aI,;nn ehraa 1,aara ' no mo ,nS ena
s'''ahiSS, 81 ~, .oo yuai pu
is dead.
Cu,c.oo o,o;r,, 90 ho +ho ,.r,os+ hroor,
,orn ,,nut,.t a.; tho ,orId 'n aud hardles f,Iiv
fva t;n'as as ,,,o c az PhI. S which Is
ne1t in n,agn;tmSa - AN"N''p
Inv vo,,no con. ~ Jo,n f,urdick of Aledo
III found th7rtv snail eers and Matched them
y, 'tba s,,m 1,har now have thirty little
snot,aJ oddarS ~ as tame as kittens. which
tbev food an nix
M',,nnoI Ree- Keeners, Convertio,
AT the NaoIohai DeI >o Me-, ~ TaioHo
Ohio was elected President for the ensuing
yea,. The next annual convention will be-
he'd at Cleveland, Ohio.
r., a., fov month, tbot how. .,on,od s;r,o
:. o Su ;scoyorod hot tha nauptru s,,rromd
~ ~ WeilSto, Ohio was ss' rch in ,,;narai .a
s rS that town has ;ncraased in Tn,,io
bDuICeS, tldu VOWu udS luCloiSSu III pOpuld-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
Selling Sea.Wecd In japan.

While we were there says letter from
japanese port to the New Haven Reg
lister, several vessels were loading with
sea-weed for Chinese ports, among them
two Chinese, one German, and one Eng
lish, steamships. The sea-weed, sent
mainly to China, is precisely, or very
nearly, the same as the kelp of the New
England sea coast. 1t is gathered and
dried, folded and packed into bundles of
convenient size for shipping, and sent
to market. The Chinese soak and wash
it. cut it into thin strips, not so large
as maccaroni, and dry it, when it be-
comes as soft and delicate to the touch
as silk fringe. 1t is boiled and then
eaten with rice, giving the latter good
relish not unlike the addition of salad
of lettuce. Other kinds of sea weed are
gathered and shipped, some of it being
like the Irish moss used for jelly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29

The treatment Of many Thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladiee.
DIR. Piercc's FavOrite Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands of
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baffied their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as "cure-all," but
as 3 most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
As powerful, invigorafing tonic,
It inparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For overworked,
s'worn-out, |" rundown" debilitated teach
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"shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing moth
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Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the great
est earthly boon. being uneQualled as an
appetiZine cordial and restorative tonic. 1t
promotes digestion and assimilation Of food,
Address. WORLDS DISRI
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
In pregnancy, "Fayorite

In pregnancy, " Favorite Prescription~
is mothers cordial" relievire nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. III
its use is kept up in the latter months Of
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferinrs
OF that trying ordeal
"Favorite Prescription, when taken
in connection with the use of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxa-
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little Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney and
Bladder diseases. Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and abolishes csn.
cerous and scrofulous humors from the
system.
"Favorite Prescription is the only
medicine for women sold, by druggists.
under a positive guarantee. from the
manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
ton in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ried out for. many years. Large bottles
goo doses) Sl.0O, or six bottles for
$500.
" Send ten cents in stamps for DR..
Pierce's large, illustrated Treatise 0sl
pages) on Diseases of Women.
. 6e3 Main Street, BUFFALO. ny.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-29
4 LADY MRITEs
That Terrible Fire IL Put on ~.
symptoms Of Its Rcturnias. no

SShhkssns VI Ns hcturuium.
ELMIRA, Aug. 90, 1857.
Esteemed Doctor and Friend: l write 10 In.
form you of the condition OF my health. You
will remember Of my sending to you for rem
edies for a complicated blood disease, which,
at that time, was very aggravating. received
very promptly the package Of medicine, and
commenced taking as per directions. At that
me was incapacitated from labor. After
using q few days | perceived . very material
change for the better; in threo weeks l was
able to resume my usual labor, and have not
lost day since, Ihave portion Of the medi-
cine on hand yet. take Of 1t occasionally but
not as regularly as at nrst. The terrible FIRE 10
put out, and that uncomfortable itching has all
passed away,with no symptoms as yet of 70.
turn. My flesh, which was covered by dirty
scaly eruption, has resumed Its natural look
and fexibllty-in other words 1t Is clean and
smooth. The swelling is entirely removed and
feel as we'll as ever, for which thank God
and DIR. Kimer. should have written you be-
fore but have been waiting to see any symp-
toms Of return, which do not.
Yours truly, Mrs. L. r. TREAT,
5l9 Perrino Stre,t.
Diseases are made to crumble and fall, never
to rise again, by Swamp Root Kidney, Liver
and Bladder cure. At druggists, $l.00, six bot
ties s5,0O,or by express, DR.. Kilmer g. Co, Bing.
hamton NJ "